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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Genealogy Memoirs
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Illustrated -
Vol. II
The Lewis Publishing Company
CHICAGO - NEW
YORK
1906
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CHARLES M. HILL.
One of those men who are sure to make their way in any
community and under all circumstances is Charles M. Hill,
of Latrobe. The father of Mr. Hill was
Joseph H. Hill, who was was a carpenter and followed his
trade nearly all his life. He was a Democrat in
politics and a member of the Lutheran church. His wife
was Catherine Piffe, and their children were:
Katie, Albert, Charles M., see forward; George M.,
deceased; and William H.
Charles M. Hill, son of Joseph H. and Catherine
(Piffe) Hill, was born May 19, 1860, in Westmoreland
county, where he was educated in the common schools.
After leaving school he worked four years at the carpenter's
trade and then turned his attention to civil engineering
which he has followed successfully ever since. His
political influence and vote are given to the Democrats.
Mr. Hill married in 1886, Tillie Longstreath,
and their children are: Gertrude May, born Aug. 15,
1887; Charles W., Oct. 12, 1889; Katie, Nov.
18, 1891; George A., Nov. 21, 1893; Ida M.,
Sept. 12, 1896; John D., Dec. 31, 1898; Leroy,
Feb. 23, 1900; and Harry R., June 24, 1903.
The father of Mrs. Hill was John
Longstreath, a native of Armstrong county, who all his
life followed the calling of a miner. He married and
reared a family of eight children, one of whom was a
daughter, Tillie, who was born Dec. 20, 1870, in
Leechburg, Pennsylvania, and became the wife of Charles
M. Hill, as mentioned above.
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JOHN J. HOUSER,
a leading business man of Reffsdale, whose honorable and
straightforward methods have brought to him a large degree
of prosperity and success, is a native of New Stanton,
Pennsylvania, born Dec. 13, 1866.
John G. Houser, father of John J. Houser,
was born in Germany. When sixteen years old he left
his native land for a home in the new world, locating at
what is now known as New Stanton, Pennsylvania, where for a
few years he was engaged in the boiling salt. Later he
turned his attention to farming in South Huntingdon
township, which he continued until 1904, since which time he
has lived in the village of Ruffsdale. He has held the
office of school director for five or six terms, rendering
efficient service in that capacity. He is a member and
deacon in the Lutheran church, a Democrat in politics, and a
member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and a director in the
Mendon Grange Five insurance Company for several years.
He married Rebecca Bare, daughter of Joseph Bare,
and eight children were the issue, one of whom died in
infancy. The surviving member are: John J., of
whom later; Ida, wife of J. C. Husband, of
Greensburg; Mary, unmarried; Martha, wife of
Alfred N. Miller; Sarah, wife of Frank
Leighty; William P., a clerk in the employ of his
brother, Mildred, May 7, 1897; and Corinne,
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WILLIAM HUDSON.
Those seeking for a type of the successful, progressive
farmer will find it in William Hudson, of Latrobe.
Mr. Hudson's paternal grandfather emigrated to this
country from Ireland, while through his grandmother he comes
of German ancestry. His parents were William and
Sarah (Fishel) Hudson, the former a native of Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, whence he came to Westmoreland county.
William Hudson was born July 7, 1852, in Unity
township, and obtained his education in the common schools
of Salem township. At the age of fourteen he left
school and has since devoted himself to agricultural
pursuits. He has lived sixteen years on the farm which
is now his home and which is one of the finest in the
township, Mr. Hudson being at the same time advanced
in his ideas and practical in his methods. He is the
only man in the county who raises thoroughbred English
horses. Politically he is a Republican.
Mr. Hudson married Mary E., daughter of
John and Susan (Dible) Kepple, and they were the
parents of two children: a son of D., and a daughter
who became the wife of William Dean. After the
death of his wife Mr. Hudson married Sada K.,
daughter of Sehvir and Susan (Kilgore) Lattie, and on
being left a widower for the second time, married Emma J.
Hunter. By this marriage he became the father of
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